Sean Hannity

The news keeps getting worse for the right-wing messaging machine that President Donald Trump looked like he had fired up and ready to go last year at this time.

The latest misery: Fox News, the longtime cable news ratings leader that has been nothing short of fervent in with its support for Trump, started showing some Nielsen slippage this month, most notably in its marquee show hosted by Sean Hannity, according to AP, which tracked ratings since the November mid-term election.

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